Chocolate Castles

  • Retirement Isn’t For Sissies

    Twenty years ago, I remember Randy and I talking about when he retired, all the wonderful things we would do. We would travel to far away lands. We would adventure out while at home, going to all the restaurants that we hadn’t had time to explore. We would have time to get up early and… Read more

  • Veggie Lovers Combo Salad

    Summer time, summer time, sum sum summertime! Salads are made for the summer! This is taken from Taste of Home and is a great way to use the summer bounty of fresh veggies. 2 cups cut fresh green beans 2 cups fresh or frozen peas, thawed 2 medium sweet red or yellow peppers, chopped 2… Read more

  • Cincinnati Chili

    Why am I looking at a soup cookbook and for some reason thinking that chile sound good? I’m not really a chile person, but when I saw this recipe it reminded me of a really great day when Randy & I went to a chile place in Burbank, CA that everyone out there had told… Read more

  • Dishwasher Madness

    (I know in the scheme of things  this certainly does not rank up in the top 1000 of things that I should be writing about or even admitting that emptying the dishwasher is just one of the things that drives me crazy. But it does. I don’t mind loading it, but I put off emptying… Read more

  • Summer Fruit Cake

    Going through a old spiral notebook that I began when I married in 1973, I found this recipe which my neighbor gave me when she moved in a few houses down from me. She was from Lampasas, Tx and was a really good cook. We would sit in the yard watching the kids play and… Read more

  • Summer Sweets

    A friend of mine has asked me to contribute a easy summer recipe for her blog. I thought it best to give her a choice of 3 great refreshing desserts. This first one, the Cheesecake Filled Strawberries, I found on Pinterest. They look so pretty and they are so easy to put together. Can’t wait… Read more